by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 20, 2019 | Profiles
After 20 years with the National Ballet of Canada, principal Heather Ogden has her dance bag essentials down to a science. “My bag is usually pretty heavy,” she says. “I always like to be prepared.” And as a mother of two, organization is key....
by Ashley Rivers | Aug 2, 2015 | Training
All photos by Angela Sterling for Pointe When National Ballet of Canada principal Heather Ogden was in high school, she earned a spot at Royal Winnipeg Ballet School’s year-round program. She had loved their summer intensive and knew she wanted to dance...
by Claudia Bauer | Sep 24, 2013 | Company Life
Where would ballet be without villains? Aurora would never sleep, and Odette would never become a swan. Getting cast as one of ballet’s memorable miscreants can help dancers develop new facets of their artistry and explore their dramatic side. Three...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
We tend to think of professional dancers as tuning into an all-ballet channel. Not so, according to these five, who read, movie-binge, ace Final Fantasy, design headbands, tweet, go to college, raise cats and more. Their offstage adventures are as varied as the...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
“It set me on a roll,” says National Ballet of Canada principal Heather Ogden, recalling the thrill of being featured in Pointe’s February/March 2002 issue. It was such an honor to be recognized among other dancers I admired.” Then an NBC corps member,...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Principal dancer Heather Ogden remembers being called into the studio in May with her colleagues and hearing the announcement that James Kudelka would step down as artistic director on June 30, 2005. “We were stunned that James was leaving,” she recalls,...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Beautiful National Ballet of Canada principal Heather Ogden seems to be artists’ muse of choice these days. A few months ago, director Ben Shirnian and fellow NBC principal Guillaume Côté released a hypnotic video starring Ogden. (Côté is her husband, which made...